Luke Procter

Luke Anthony Procter (born 24 June 1988)[1] is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who plays for Northamptonshire.

Luke Procter
Personal information
Full nameLuke Anthony Procter
Born (1988-06-24) 24 June 1988
Oldham, Greater Manchester, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–2017Lancashire (squad no. 2)
2017→ Northamptonshire (on loan)
2018–presentNorthamptonshire (squad no. 2)
First-class debut17 May 2010 Lancashire v Warwickshire
List A debut27 September 2009 Lancashire v Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 98 45 37
Runs scored 4,308 710 240
Batting average 31.21 30.86 14.11
100s/50s 4/22 0/5 0/0
Top score 137 97 25*
Balls bowled 6,842 1,090 296
Wickets 108 23 14
Bowling average 36.56 45.30 31.28
5 wickets in innings 3 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 7/71 3/29 3/22
Catches/stumpings 24/– 7/– 10/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 October 2020

Career

Born in Oldham, Greater Manchester,[1] Procter played for Cumberland in the Minor Counties Trophy in 2007.

Lancashire

He first represented Lancashire in the Second XI Championship in 2006, made his List A debut in September 2009, against Warwickshire, opening the batting with Tom Smith, Procter scored 2 runs and suffered a broken thumb. Procter graduated from Lancashire's cricket academy, and after impressing for the Second XI in 2009 (the year he was granted a scholarship) he signed his first professional contract with the club.[2][3]

In March 2010 Lancashire went to the Caribbean to prepare for the upcoming English season. In a friendly match against Yorkshire Procter suffered a broken left hand while fielding, preventing him from playing cricket for several weeks.[4] He went on to make his County Championship debut in May that year against Warwickshire; he scored 13 runs in the first innings and bowled a single over but he was replaced by fast-bowler James Anderson for the second innings.[5] Procter played one further County Championship match that year in September;[6] he made scores of 19 and 32 and took his maiden first-class wicket, that of Nick Compton leg before wicket.[7]

Procter's first County Championship match of 2011 was against Sussex[6] in which he scored his first half-century. His innings of 89 runs from 170 balls[8] included five sixes off the bowling of spinner Monty Panesar.[9] He scored one further first-class fifty in 2011 and that year he played seven matches in the County Championship, which was more than he anticipated. Scoring 366 runs, Procter's average of 40.66 was the best for Lancashire in 2011.[10] In the last match of the season, Lancashire won the County Championship for the first time since 1950 when they shared the title.[11]

References
  1. "Luke Procter". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  2. Lancashire v. Warwickshire – September 2009 Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  3. "Montgomery gets second chance". England Cricket Board. 29 September 2009. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  4. Hardcastle, Graham (26 March 2010). "Kerrigan stars for Lancashire". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  5. "Warwickshire v Lancashire – Lancs won by 65 runs". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  6. "First-class matches played by Luke Procter". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  7. "f52557 Somerset v Lancashire: LV County Championship 2010 (Division 1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  8. "f53199 Sussex v Lancashire: LV County Championship 2011 (Division 1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  9. Selvey, Mike (27 April 2011). "Luke Procter a pest for Sussex's Panesar as Lancashire pile on runs". Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  10. Hardcastle, Graham. "Procter's one-day aim". Lancashire County Cricket Club. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  11. McGlashan, Andrew (16 September 2011), A triumph against the odds, Cricinfo, retrieved 23 September 2011
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